City: Altoona

We're a full walk through haunt. No gore, high startle. In 2008 we put through nearly 500 people trick-or-teat night. In 2009 I'm taking a break and going down to just a front display, but the manor will be back in 2010.

City: East Freedom

- Westover Hill Halloween

Builder

Julie Westover & The Crew

Address

847 Tuscarora Road East Freedom, 16637

Description

The Westover Hill Halloween will enter it's 5th year in 2010. This is a small, amateur haunt that winds through the basement of my home. This is a strictly walk-through haunt and offers both animated props and live actors. While there are scares of all kinds, we usually try to keep it kid-appropriate. 2010 is the first year we've opened our Haunt to the public so we're excited to see new faces!

City: East Greenville

This is my home haunt that I started in 2007 by myself and I continue to get bigger and better each year! mostly every thing I built myself. This year I had a few friends help to put a good scare in people.

City: Elizabethtown

Each year our yard haunt has a different theme and includes a walkthrough with live scare-actors. Features a large cemetery display along with other themed props. Open on Trick or Treat night. Visit our website for this year's theme.

Started out in our small front yard, expanded to our neighbors yard, and is now a larger production in ours and our neighbors back yards. People are guided through a variety of different scenes. We try to incorporate one new thing every year. We block off our scenes using black plastic. Example of our scenes include witches, clowns, mad scientist, a blacklight area (under our deck), caged people, old ladies, cemeteries, mike myers, scream, freddy, saw, Hellraiser...and this year The Ring!

City: Horsham

Over nearly 30 years haunting my home has been a highlight of the year. When a family came I was not haunting just for myself any longer. The haunt was always fairly tame but with kids we wanted to keep the gore to a minumum. Over the last few years the haunt has entered a new chapter with a new goal of being more creepy and spooky than ever. Lighting, sound, hand-made scenes. A real emotional attraction. Can't wait to see what the future holds.

City: Kunkletown

Willow Manor is a mainly drive-by yard haunt. It features a front yard Cemetery, evil Pumpkin patch and a spider invaded "Manor". Most props are static..although we added some animation this year. Alot of the props are homemade. "Emily's Tomb" has a lid that creeps open and closed.."The Crypt" oozes fog from the drawers and also out of the top and bottom. (Both of these are homemade). This 2010 season we are planning on expanding the cemetery and Pumpkin patch and building more large props. We are also going to try out some projector effects.

City: Lansdale

It is an indoor/outdoor home haunt. The haunt has grown over the years to occupy almost the entire 1st floor of the house and most of the back yard. All of our props have been customized or created by ourselves. We use pneumatics as well as electronics, but our biggest scares come from the numerous actors that staff our haunt. Last year, we averaged 12 volunteers working our house each night it was open. Our latest attraction, a 20 foot long vortex tunnel, will surely place our guests in a spin.

City: Pittsburgh

- Columbia Avenue Cemetery

Builder

Frank and Holly Chianese

Address

2775 Columbia Avenue Pittsburgh, --

Description

Highly detailed realistic old forgotten cemetary complete with an outside funeral scene.Trick or Treaters are subjected to enter the Gates and proceed through the cemetary to a real coffin where they obtain their candy (adults are much more afraid than the little ones). Also a zombie warning complete with zombies approaching over a hill at far end of cemetary.

This is a garage haunt with a new theme every year! The first year, 2008, it was all skeletons and spiders. In 2009 we kicked it up with an Egyptian Tomb theme, complete with Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the underworld. In 2010 we sailed the high seas with the pirate ship Le Matin Rouge (and a few undead pirates). For 2011 we will be revealing the secrets of Vlad the Impaler, also known as Dracula. We will be featuring "old-school" vampires, not the glittery teen heart-throbs. Free to all comers, we plan on being open at least one night besides Halloween itself.

A work in progress, the House on "Sean"-ted Hill (named for a friend of the creator) has been a full walk-through attraction since 2003. Free, and open to the public only on Halloween night each year.2010 will be the last year for our old layout (hopefully), with big changes planned for Halloween 2011 for which we'll create a website with pictures and videos, prop designs and whatever else we can cram in there. We aren't quite ready to debut our web presence, but please check back for future updates!

City: Warren

- Willoughby House of Horrors

Builder

Jay Messinger

Address

111 Willoughby Ave. Warren, 16365

Description

111 Willoughby House of Horror is base off a idea of you the visitor comes across this Old Run Down house built in the 1930's.And a old shack that a Crazy Old Business man down on his luck built. The new owners are over run with all types of crazy props - clowns & zombies. Corn stocks over grow the lot. And the only way to get out to join in the Crazy Old Man Halloween feast. (Yes I said Feast - guess are treated to 5 different meats, soups, Rum etc...) Because in the End...it was all in your Head..

City: Windsor

- Dr. Defectives Mad Scientist Lab

Builder

Cameron Deveney

Address

-- Windsor, --

Description

This is a mad scientists lab that Ive been building in the basement of my home the this past year. 2011 will be the first time I get to allow trick or treaters enter thru the ground level basement door. Along with yard props and a "Dreadful Shed" I hope to scare the neighborhood!

City: Wyomissing

Not too much gory blood and guts, just wholesome death and rot. Lots of animatronics and static props. Hosts Horrorencia, Brother Lucien, and helpers are in costumed character to greet guests on tour. We have mid-evil theme oriented props such as Death Monks and Skull Lords, a graveyard with assorted zombies, animated scarecrow, electric chair, gypsy camp (weather permitting), Albino smoke breathing dragon and Master Wizard, Headless Horseman emerging from the Underworld tree, Davey Jones and the pirates, scary dolls, a Black Mariah (horse-driven funeral wagon - not a real horse though), crank ghost, haunt maze entrance and exit, torture chamber, and lots of candy for the little ones who make it through. All ages come through so we can tailor the experience to be more gentle on younger TOTs.Really great experience for your family. Come prepared to wait in line; we had 250+ people last two years in a row. We are haunting the night BEFORE and HALLOWEEN NIGHT. Free, but donations are accepted. All must be well behaved and courteous to others. No touching. We do not advertise to the public - by word-of-mouth only for our close community and friends. C it 2 Believe it. Email for directions.

City: York

- Sam's Haunted Cemetary

Builder

Sam Boileau

Address

-- York, --

Description

Basically, I have a long path through my yard that circles my house. I use fog machines and lots of props I make myself. (Full sized gallows, flickering lamps, upside-down man in spider webs, ect.) Probably the coolest thing is a trap door I come out of in a zombie costume. Last year a trick-or-treater's mom litteraly wet her pants. I'm 16 and this is my 3rd year building this by myself. Lots of thanks to my actors. I would love to do this professionally someday.

Every year is different! I am in the process of building a dark ride, and every year I put a different scene from the ride outside of my house for testing. Please stop by or visit my webpage for more information!